ARLINGTON, Va. — Air Force military and civilian personnel who have served in a NATO mission may be eligible to wear a NATO medal to mark their accomplishment, according to a new Air Force message.

Air Force personnel who have served for either 30 consecutive or accumulated days, and whose duty is listed on what the Air Force calls a “Combined Joint Statement of Requirements,” are now authorized to wear one of four NATO medals, according to a June 13 message from the Air Force Personnel Center at Randolph Air Force Base, Texas.

The missions include Operation Eagle Assist, an air mission over the United States which lasted from Oct. 12, 2001 to May 16, 2002; and Operation Active Endeavor, an ongoing naval and air operation in the Mediterranean Sea that began Oct. 26, 2001.

The other two NATO medals Air Force personnel might qualify for are those for the International Security Assistance Force, or ISAF, mission in the Balkans, which began Jan. 1, 2003, and includes Bosnia-Herzegovina, the former Republic of Yugoslavia (including Kosovo), Croatia, Macedonia and Albania; and the ISAF mission in Afghanistan, which began June 1, 2003.

But Air Force personnel deployed in support of Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan are not eligible for NATO medals, unless they performed certain ISAF duties in theater for the required time, according to the message.

The Air Force is waiving the 30-day time requirement for any airmen who was wounded or injured and who required evacuation.

Air Force members must present a source document, such as a NATO certificate, to their local military personnel flight commander in order to update their personnel records, the message said.

For more information, go to: http://ask.afpc.randolph.af.mil or contact your base military or civilian personnel flight.